Almost ready (the first 90% is done, I’m working on the next 90%), this is the screensaver you will be impatient to show your friends!
The screensaver is completely 3d rendered and will require a 3d video card to run (early geforce models or better, the kind of video card any computer bought in the latest four years should have).
It will feature multiple clock models, so you can change your virtual clock every day, depending on your mood 🙂
Right now it’s still in production phase: it needs a little more polish, a decent installer and some kind of documentation. I am also modeling some new clock model, just to be sure you will have enough styles to choose from 😉
By the way, this screensaver will also need the Microsoft .net framework version 2.0, so you might as well start downloading it.

Features of the new version

Character Map The new Character map window allows you to view all the 256 ASCII characters for the selected font. This is especially useful when you are searching for a specific character in graphical fonts like Wingdings and Webdings. You can of course copy any element on the grid.

Installed font browser This new window allows you to browse through your installed fonts, so you can finally use only one program for your font hunts.

Improved stability The new setup should fix all those “comctl32.ocx” errors many of you are having.

This time I am giving you a peek of what’s coming in the next version of gljakal’s To Do. Here is a list of the features you will find in the new version:

Multiple font support will let you customize the look of the task list. The same font is also used for printing, so you can customize your prints too.

TXT and HTML export will enable you to share your to do list even with those unlucky ones that don’t have gljakal’s To Do installed 🙂

Plugin Support, which will give you the ability to bend the laws of the To Do list to your own will! The plugin system, while working, is still missing a lot of functionalities in this beta, so no documentation is available at the moment. Drop me a line if you would like to know more.

A brand new Error reporting system, similar to that of Windows XP. I hope you will never see it in action!

Other minor addons and fixes. For a complete list, see the included readme file.

Fixed the infamous error 91, which prevented the previous version to run on some systems. Thanks to Thomas Gloor for his invaluable help!

MP3 support! Now you can wake up with your favorite music!

New skins. You can see them in the image below:

A small note: this is beta software, so strange things can happen!
Please report any issue or problem you have with the new version either as comments to this post or by mail. “Thank you” messages are also appreciated 🙂

While the new release of Clock is on the way, I have decided to release the version I am currently using, so you can preview some of the new graphical features.

So, what’s new in this version?

The main new feature is Antialiasing. I think that for a program like Clock, whose main feature is being nice to see, this is a very important feature. And it’s not that cpu-consuming 🙂 .

The next important feature in this version is the new “transparent – click-thru” mode, which is perfect if you find that Clock gets in your way too often. Do not forget that you can still right-click the tray icon to interact with clock! This feature works only on windows 2000/XP.

Finally, three more skins have been added, named “Clean white”, “Clean red” and “Clean orange”. These three skins are especially suited to the “transparent – click-thru” mode.

With over 20000 downloads (just in 2006…), Clock! is surely my most successfull program.
This is a screenshot showing one of the new features coming in the new version: smooth (antialiased) clock hands!

You can also see a new theme, wich should be easier to read.
What do you think? I’d love to hear your comments 🙂